Ulster County Community Action Committee Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
141491879
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Kingston, NY, USA
Phone
8453388750
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,431,602
Expenses
$5,466,673
Assets
$4,173,612
Liabilities
$566,846

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ALEXANDER MAINETTI (PRESIDENT)
  • DON HACKETT (VICE PRESIDENT & SECRETARY)
  • DOUGLAS BLANCERO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • DOUGLAS BLANCERO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $97,724 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Serving the most in need in ulster county. Our program services are designed to respond to changing community needs, to strengthen families, to foster opportunities for education and training, to increase employability, to initiate oppotunities for work, to reduce the living costs of the economically disadvantaged so they have more resources to meet their basic needs and to respond to emergency needs that are often a condition of living in poverty.

What it reported doing in 2023

Early head start/ head start - a high quality early childhood development program prepares income eligible and at-risk children for academic success; instilling a love for learning and increases their readiness for school. The program utilizes the high scope curriculum, an active approach for children ages 6 weeks to 5 years, providing opportunities for social, emotional, physical and cognitive development. On-going screening and assessment is used to measure children's developmental achievements and progress toward their school readiness goals. Evidenced based practices are implemented to support on-going program quality. The program served children and their families during the 2023-2024 year. The program provides comprehensive health, nutrition, dental health, mental health, education, social support, parent education and engagement. Services for children with disabilities are integrated into the program. Respect for individuality, culture and diversity are valued. The philosophical basis is that parents are the primary educators of their children and are integral partners in program decision making. The program partners with community agencies to ensure community services are available to help achieve their goals.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 96% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 89
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 85.4%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 98.3%; rating input score 98; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.6%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.76; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.8%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86% of revenue deployed · 85.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $4.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $98K · 15 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $595K reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2015 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 54/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.